Grade 5 · Social Studies · Unit 3 of 4
Maps, Sources and Fair Thinking
Read maps and check sources
What your child practises
Reading and building maps with latitude and longitude, telling primary from secondary sources and fact from opinion, comparing points of view, and working fairly with others.
Nunavut Curriculum approved guide: Elementary Social Studies (NWT, 1993), History · map skills, historical sources, fact and opinion, and working fairly with others
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Which is a primary source?
- a diary kept by a settler
- an encyclopedia
- a school website about history
a diary kept by a settler
Hint: It was written at the time.
Question 2
The equator is at…
- 0° latitude
- 0° longitude
- 90° latitude
0° latitude
Hint: It splits Earth into north and south.
Question 3
Which is a secondary source?
- a trader's diary
- a textbook about the fur trade
- a photo taken in 1850
a textbook about the fur trade
Hint: A textbook was written later by someone who was not there.
Question 4
A fact can be…
- checked and proven
- always changing
- only a feeling
checked and proven
Hint: An opinion is what someone thinks.
Question 5
Which question helps you check if a source is trustworthy?
- What colour is the cover?
- Who made it, and why?
- How many pages is it?
Who made it, and why?
Hint: Purpose and author matter.
Question 6
To make a decision fair for everyone you should…
- flip a coin without thinking
- only think of yourself
- consider how it affects each person
consider how it affects each person
Hint: Fairness looks at everyone.